The Nurses' War by Victoria Purman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
There is more than one way to fight a war...An extraordinary story of grit, love and loss, based on the true history and real experiences of Australian nurses in World War 1. In 1915, as World War 1 rages in Europe and the numbers of dead and injured continue to grow, Australian nurse, Sister Cora Barke ...Show more
I, Mona Lisa by Natasha Solomons
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Listen to my history. My adventures are worth hearing. I have lived many lifetimes and been loved by emperors, kings and thieves. I have survived kidnap and assault. Revolution and two world wars. But this is also a love story. And the story of what we will do for those we love. In Leonardo da Vinci's ...Show more
Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5 by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Six Tudor Queens Ser.
'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The TimesAlison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series, relates one of the most tragic stories in English history: Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII's fifth queen.'With characteristic ver ...Show more
The Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean-Claude Grumberg
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
'A magnificent small book to read urgently' Libération Once upon a time in an enormous forest, there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding tw ...Show more
Rachel's War: The Story of an Australian WWI Nurse by Mark Wilson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Growing up on a farm in country Victoria, all Rachel wants is to help people. When war comes, she travels to distant Europe and the Middle East, working tirelessly to care for wounded and sick soldiers from the battlefields of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Inspired by the life of Rachel Pratt, a Worl ...Show more
The Girl Behind The Wall by Mandy Robotham
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The highly-awaited new novel from the author of internationally bestselling WWII fiction. A city divided. When the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong side of the city. Overnight, she's trapped under Soviet rule in unforgiving East Berlin and separated from her twin sister, Jutta. Two sisters tor ...Show more
Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
An audacious novel about destiny and desire from the incomparable Rose TremainAll must gamble with their fate. But not all can win...In the city of Bath, in the year 1865 Jane Adeane, renowned for her restorative skills, is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she ...Show more
Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
$18.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The Burning Chambers
Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties . . . Carcassonne 1562. Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her fa ...Show more
Graceland by Bethan Roberts
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
What happens when your only son becomes The King of Rock 'n? Roll?From the moment she first holds him, after his twin brother is stillborn, Gladys Presley loves her son Elvis ferociously. She will be his greatest influence, the love of his life. She will be the one by his side, when Elvis is a boy and h ...Show more
Love, Oil And The Fortunes Of War by Paul Ashford Harris
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
• A rollicking fictionalised tale about (real life) powerful characters, and how by helping preserve the dominance of the British Navy they arguably altered the outcome of WW1. • Main characters: Gertrude Bell (famous explorer, archaeologist and supporter of women’s rights – Nicole Kidman play her in th ...Show more
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
1950s London. Bloomsbury Books on Lamb's Conduit Street has resisted change for a hundred years, run by men and guided by the manager's unbreakable rules. But after the turmoil of war in Europe, the world is changing and the women in the shop have plans.
The King by Kader Abdolah
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
It is the nineteenth century and the kingdom of Persia is at a turning point. When a young King, Shah Naser, takes to the throne he inherits a medieval, enchanted world. But beyond the court, the greater forces of colonisation and industrialisation close in. The Shah's grand vizier sees only one solutio ...Show more